Henry John Wallack

Wallack's parents were comedians, who performed at the London minor playhouses and in the British provinces.

He worked in the United States, making his debut at the Anthony Street Theatre on May 9, 1821.

He appeared at Drury Lane on 26 October 1829 as Julius Caesar to his brother's Mark Antony.

He played the title role in Sheridan's Pizarro, Lord Lovell in A New Way to pay Old Debts, O'Donnell in Henri Quatre, Buckingham in Henry VIII, and other parts, and was on 28 November 1829 the first Major O'Simper in Follies of Fashion, by the Earl of Glengall.

[5] He and Maria, a vocalist, had children, sons George, William Henry James and Augustus Charles.

Henry John Wallack
Pizarro Seizing the Inca of Peru by John Everett Millais . Millais modelled the look of Pizarro on Wallack who had played him numerous times on stage.